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Newsby StaffAugust 6, 2008

Thomas Built restores streetcar for museum

Thomas Built Buses has restored a 1923 Perley A. Thomas Car Works streetcar for the North Carolina Transportation Museum.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2008

Chicago offers free rides to military personnel

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) announced that active U.S. military personnel and qualifying disabled veterans will be able to register for the new CTA Military Service Pass, which will allow them to ride free on CTA buses and trains.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2008

Utah Transit to raise fares again

The high cost of diesel fuel has caused the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) to raise fares on its buses and trains for the second time in three months.

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2008

BusWest secures 12-month Caltrans extension

Carson, Calif.-based BusWest was granted a one-year extension to its contract with the State of California, Department of General Services for paratransit buses – commonly known as Caltrans Type 1, 2 and 3 buses.

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2008

Maryland MTA unveils greener practices

The Maryland MTA launched its new Website www.mtagogreen.com, coinciding with Governor Martin O’Malley’s announcement that the agency will be buying only hybrid buses from now on.

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2008

Alcoa, Yutong to debut eco-friendly buses at Olympic Games

Alcoa, the world’s leading aluminum company, and Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co. (Yutong), China’s largest bus manufacturer and the number two producer in the world, introduced two new environmentally-friendly bus prototypes that will be displayed and road-tested during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing next month.

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Newsby StaffJuly 14, 2008

Daimler adds wheelchair lift to Sprinter

Daimler Buses North America’s Dodge Sprinter shuttle bus is now available with a side entry wheelchair lift.

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Newsby StaffJuly 8, 2008

NABI to produce CompoBus for L.A. Metro

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has placed an order for 260 CompoBuses from North American Bus Industries Inc (NABI).

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Newsby StaffJuly 3, 2008

Clean Energy wins Akron, Ohio CNG contract

The Metro Regional Transit Authority of Akron, Ohio awarded Clean Energy Fuels Corp. a five-year contract to operate and maintain the fueling station for Metro’s fleet of 45 full-sized compressed natural gas buses.

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Newsby StaffJuly 2, 2008

New Flyer wins 1,234 bus orders

New Flyer Industries Inc. has received orders over the last three months for up to 1,234 buses (1,567 equivalent production units or “EUs”) for a combined value of over U.S. $706 million.

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